Comments on: Greatest Commercials of the 1980s http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/13/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/ A pop culture blog by Mormons but not about Mormonism Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John Scherer http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/13/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10982 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:55:05 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10982 No California Raisins??
Those guys rocked

]]> By: David J http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/13/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10981 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:32:41 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10981 Clark, it’s amazing, but it’s very buggy, from what I hear.

]]> By: Clark Goble http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/13/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10980 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:58:15 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10980 Susan, the issue though isn’t who they identify more with but how it drives sales. Many of the most memorable commercials actually didn’t drive sales terribly well. Reportedly Mac sales are booming although it’s debatable how much of that has to do with the recent ad campaign and how much with the Intel switch. (Running Parallels on a Mac and having Mac and Windows windows intermixed is pretty amazing)

]]> By: David J http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/13/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10979 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:50:34 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10979 I like the early Mac vs. PC commercials. The recent ones are vexing.

]]> By: tracy m http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/13/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10978 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:37:36 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10978 Anyone else grow up in the Bay Area and remember the Charlie and Humphrey commericals? “Borrowing without asking” ?

]]> By: S. P. Bailey http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/13/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10977 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:05:02 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10977 What, no “time to make the doughnuts?”

]]> By: NFlanders http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/13/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10976 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:18:56 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10976 Tim J.– I’ll admit that they’re memorable, which is half the point, but to me they are grating.

I’m no PC fan, but condescending Mac hipster smugness is not going to win me over.

Regarding the 80s ads, Jason Alexander in the McDLT ad is priceless.

]]> By: Susan M http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/13/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10975 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:52:42 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10975 I was just reading about the Mac vs PC ad campaign, and how it’s backfired a bit. Apparently most people identify more with the PC guy than the Mac guy. He does steal the show, IMO.

]]> By: Tim J http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/13/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10974 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:49:40 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10974 NFlanders,

I would have to argue that the Mac Vs. PC is by far the best ad campaign to come around in a long, long time.

]]> By: NFlanders http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/13/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10973 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:42:57 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/greatest-commercials-of-the-1980s/#comment-10973 I believe they addressed the absence of the Mac ad, saying it has been over-hyped (which I agree).

If it’s any consolation, the current Mac vs. PC ads make me want to hurl something through my TV screen, so maybe it’s an homage.

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